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A Big Book Chat with Val McDermid
Alex Clark talks to the queen of crime Val McDermid.
  1. A Big Book Chat with Val McDermid
    46:30
    A Big Book Chat with Val McDermid
  2. A Big Book Chat with Sir Lenny Henry
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    A Big Book Chat with Sir Lenny Henry
  3. British Country Life: Heaven Or Hell?
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    British Country Life: Heaven Or Hell?
  4. "This book presented another kind of representation"
    01:37
    "This book presented another kind of representation"
  5. Digging In: How Our Food Shapes Our Lives
    46:48
    Digging In: How Our Food Shapes Our Lives
  6. A Big Book Weekend chat with Douglas Stuart
    30:32
    A Big Book Weekend chat with Douglas Stuart
  7. "Audiobooks on the walk - tick!"
    02:00
    "Audiobooks on the walk - tick!"
  8. "I spent a lot of my youth writing my mother's stories down"
    03:33
    "I spent a lot of my youth writing my mother's stories down"
  9. "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
    01:13
    "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
  10. The Truth About Lies: Why We Love A Liar
    46:02
    The Truth About Lies: Why We Love A Liar
  11. "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
    02:17
    "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
  12. "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
    02:15
    "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
  13. New Heroes: A Search For Role Models In Difficult Times
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    New Heroes: A Search For Role Models In Difficult Times
  14. "How you perceive things and how you are perceived can be at such odds"
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    "How you perceive things and how you are perceived can be at such odds"
  15. How To Be A Man
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    How To Be A Man
  16. A Big Book Chat with Val McDermid
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    A Big Book Chat with Val McDermid
  17. "The library was my salvation"
    01:07
    "The library was my salvation"
  18. "It made it acceptable to talk about kinky sex"
    02:06
    "It made it acceptable to talk about kinky sex"
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    02:38
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    “Black fatherhood is definitely something we don’t see enough”
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    "It doesn't bother me if people work out on page one who the killer is"
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